TV series about teens have certainly changed

Here on Lake Erie we get Canadian TV and I see shows I’ve never seen—although they may be available, but I don’t watch much TV in Columbus. Really makes me miss the Cosby show of the 1980s and Ozzie and Harriet of the 1950s. Tonight I was watching Degrassi, a Canadian series on CTV about teens who face various challenges, such as poor self-image, peer pressure, child abuse, sexual identity, gang violence, self-injury, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, death, and a number of other issues.